Podcast Transcript Malaria is one of the oldest known infectious diseases, with a history spanning thousands of years. It has shaped human civilization, influenced wars, and driven scientific advancements in medicine and public health. However, humanity has been making strides against this ancient disease over the last 250 years. We have learned what causes it …
Podcast Transcript Every twelve years, one of the greatest gatherings of people on Earth takes place in India. As many as a hundred million people will converge on the banks of sacred rivers to engage in one of the most important rites in the Hindu Religion. But what are the reasons so many people undertake …
Podcast Transcript One of the biggest controversies in the world of sports over the last several decades has been the use of performance-enhancing drugs and substances, or PEDs. It seems as if there hasn’t been a single sport that hasn’t been touched in some way by the use of PEDs. But what exactly are PEDs, …
Podcast Transcript Humanity has seen a lot of bad things throughout its history. There have been horrific wars, natural disasters, and pandemics that have killed millions of people. Many of these awful events were awful over a period of weeks, months, or years. It raises the question, what was the worst single day in history? …
Podcast Transcript Located in Northern China is not only one of the largest cities in the world but also the capital of the largest country in the world, Beijing. Like many great cities, Beijing has had its ups and downs. It has gone from a sleepy village to a global city. It has seen its …
Podcast Transcript One of the most devastating disasters that has afflicted humanity are famines. Unlike other natural disasters, famines do not have a single cause. They have happened all over the world for a wide variety of reasons; some of them have natural causes, and others are man-made. Famines are typically much worse than natural …
Podcast Transcript In the early 20th century, the Schlitz Brewing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was the largest brewery in the world. However, by 1980, the company had fallen on hard times and was purchased by a competitor in a hostile takeover. The company was so bad that it eventually killed the company that bought them. …
Podcast Transcript In the first and second centuries, a Christian sect found a wide following throughout the Roman world. They weren’t your normal run-of-the-mill Christians. They had beliefs that were nothing like those of any Christian sect today, and they drew the ire of many Christian leaders at the time. What we knew about them …
Podcast Transcript During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, there was a problem that stumped even the best minds in physics. Eventually, one man, Max Planck, solved the problem, but his solution was one that was out of left field. While the math worked, he didn’t actually believe that the mathematics explained reality. It …